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Table 5.

Contraceptive Use Among Women with a History of Thrombosis or aPL at Risk For Unintended Pregnancy.

	History of aPL and/or thrombosis
Methods of Contraception in Past 3 Months	Thrombosis^*	aPL only	Neither
	(n=11)	(n=24)	(n=51)
None	-	6 (25%)	4 (8%)
Barrier method only	8 (73%)	10 (42%)	28 (55%)
Hormonal method	2 (18%)	4 (17%)	13 (26%)
Estrogen-containing method^†	2	2	11
Progestin-only method^‡	-	2	2
IUD	1( 9%)	4 (17%)	6 (12%)

Any thrombosis, regardless of aPL status.

^†

Combined oral contraceptive, patch, or ring.

^‡

Mini-pill/progestin only pill, implant, injection.